A frank, practical, and entertaining exploration of the pleasures and complexities of living on small islands.Many people dream of living simple lives on small islands, but few are aware of some of the unique challenges that accompany this distinctive lifestyle. From negotiating surrounding waters to creating a sustainable home and making a viable life away from urban conveniences, small-island living can be rewarding or difficult (or both), depending on m...

Films as Rhetorical Texts: Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations presents critical essays focusing on select commercial films and what they can teach us about race, racism, and race relations in America. The films in this volume are critically assessed as rhetorical texts using various aspects and components of critical race theory, recognizing that race and racism are intricately ingrained in American society. Contributors argue that by viewing and evaluating cultu...

Wear the Crown is a beautifully written book that successfully tackles the well-known bumps in the road to a proper identity. The lessons that Melody uses help to bring the courage and tenacity needed for us to take our place in the world. It is a delight to read, especially for all who are finding the right building blocks for accessing the royalty found within. In this process, we learn to serve with the heart of a king, all while learning to rule with the heart of a servant. Th...

In this uplifting and transformational book, spiritual teacher Mary Davis shares daily reflections, inspiring quotes, practices, prayers and meditations that fill your heart with encouragement, joy and inner peace. With a page for each day of the year, this gentle book will become a companion and a wise teacher that takes you on a spiritual journey of finding joy and gratitude in simple things, peace and comfort even in the midst of chaos, and a deeper love for others through kindness, com...

Angela Davis is iconic as an international figure but few recognize the educational, political and ideological contexts that formed the public persona.Excavating layers of networks, activists, academics, polemicists, and funders across the ideological spectrum, Joy James studies the paradigms and platforms that leveraged Angela Davis into recognition as an activist and radical intellectual.Beginning in Alabama in 1944 with Davis's birthplace and ending in California in 1970 with a ...

“A gift of love to others who are seeking solace.” —Olivia Newton-JohnOn the morning of May 11, 2015**,** Erin Davis, one of Canada’s most beloved radio personalities, suffered a devastating blowErin was on set in Jamaica when she received the news that her twenty-four-year-old daughter, Lauren—who had marked a joyous Mother’s Day just hours before—had failed to awaken to her baby’s cries. Thus began Erin’s...

In this heartwarming Christmas novella. a woman tells her sick granddaughter a riveting tale of love, loss, and heroism set in a war-torn English village.Christmas should be a joyous time. But this year young Marissa's celebration is overshadowed in sickness, sorrow, and disappointment. Seeing her granddaughter struggle with pain and sadness, Emily decides to share a story that she's never told anyone. As old memories live again through her words, two broken hearts ...

Joy Compass provides a roadmap to building sustaining wellness and joy. Based on Jayme’s personal journey and 20 year teaching career, it’s a story, a guide and a workbook. Jayme demystifies yogic philosophy so that it is approachable, inspiring, motivating and welcoming.

Reimagining a classic Puritan work to discover the joy of Christian contentmentIt may surprise modern Christians that our current problems with discontentedness are anything but new. In 1643, Puritan pastor Jeremiah Burroughs wrote a work titled "The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment" that has as much resonance in our day as it did in his.Now pastor and author Andrew M. Davis helps contemporary Christians rediscover the remarkable truths found in this lar...

Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, this textbook—now in its fourth edition—introduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy.From the First Amendment to artificial intelligence, this popular textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique. Authors Stephanie Craft, Charles N. Davis and Joy Jenkins cover the profession's...

Discover how life's struggles can become stepping stones to joy in Journey to Joy through CPR (Conflict Positive Resolutions). This book teaches readers to approach conflict not as a threat but as an opportunity for growth, peace, and innovation grounded in the Word of God. Through practical strategies and biblical wisdom, you'll learn how to transform tension into meaningful dialogue, foster understanding, and strengthen relationships. Whether in personal, professional, or spiritual situa...

This resource presents and describes a model for teaching and learning mathematics responsively in the elementary and middle grades. Developed through the Responsive Math Teaching (RMT) project—a seven-year collaboration between teachers, teacher leaders, school and district administrators, and researchers from a network of K-8 urban schools—this book equips any mathematics educator with the tools to enhance instruction and increase equitable outcomes for students and communities historica...